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Hospitals: Protective Clothing

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL1718, tabled on 12 July 2022

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reintroduce mandatory mask-wearing in hospitals.

Answered on

20 July 2022

Mask wearing in National Health Service hospitals is determined locally by individual, organisational and system risk assessments. NHS England continues to work with NHS trusts to ensure that effective infection prevention and control is in place in all areas.